Show PHILIPPINE RESOURCES I I i According to the latest report of tho 1 I geodetic survey there are 1725 Islands Ii I I I in the Philippines containing 115000 I square miles of territory and 8000000 I or 10000000 of people The land surface Is greater than that of New England with New York and Delaware thrown I In I Is greater than Italy and almost as large as France and more than the I I I I British Islands The people are more numerous than those of a dozen of our I i States The population Is equal to one seventh of our own There are nearly 200 varieties of choice woods Gutta I pcrcha In great quantities Is found i I I I there There are mines everywhere I I I copper gold silver Iron coal The chief products are sugar hemp tobacco j I copra and rice The climate varies with the latitude so that In some parts of I I the Island of Luzon It Is as delightful I as nnywhero In the world There Is no snow nor ice There Is perpetual spring or autumn or summer I The best experts consider that tho trade of Manila will soon reach 100000 000 annually Manila Is the central point of tho far East standing at the open door of China l the steamship lines are heading for this port and day by day new lines are making It < port of call I think it Is generally considered that the parent State enjoys at least 15 percent per-cent of the trade of a dependent State I tho possession of dependencies In the various parts of the world are useless It Is strange that all the nations are seeking to possess themselves of dependencies de-pendencies In Asia and Africa Why for Instance have England France Germany and Russia recently seized large tracts of land In Asia I would seem that bonded ware houses might be established In Manila and might be filled with goods ultimately ultimate-ly l Intended for China which could be sent to their destination as fast as any demand for them arose These questions are more or less problematical but they are being solved day by day by the merchant and manufacturer manu-facturer lion Charles Dcnby in Col hers Weekly |